FBHS students get a shot of reality. Every 15 Minutes comes to Fort Bragg High School

Fort Bragg High School students' daily routine was interrupted Wednesday morning when they were pulled from class to witness the aftermath of a staged DUI crash on Dana Street. At the crash scene, they saw four people being extricated from two vehicles by emergency personnel. The driver at fault failed a filed sobriety test, given by CHP Officer J.D. Pierman.

Before and following the crash, students were visited by the Grim Reaper, who pulled 19 students and one teacher from classrooms every 15 minutes. Classmates were then informed that those pulled had died in an alcohol-related crash.

The high-emotion program focuses on high school students and challenges them to consider the possible consequences of drinking and driving so that they may make the correct decisions later.

The program was developed in 1995 by the Chico Police Department, for which it received the Community Policing Award by the National League of Cities the following year.

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